General Rules

• -Version 2.6.6174 or newer of 3DMark & SystemInfo 5.13 or newer released on or after Oct 12, 2018
• Any VGA drivers released on or after Oct 11, 2018
• System Hardware Monitoring must be enabled for all 3D benchmarks
• Bios must be officially available to public. No special bios is allowed
• Screenshot must be made with GOC wallpaper, GPUz & sensor, CPUz, Memory, SPD tabs
• Any brands of motherboard are allowed
• Retail hardware only. No engineering samples allowed
• Official receipt of Galax HOF OC Lab 2080ti and Galax HOF OC Lab DDR4 4600 CL19 purchases must be submitted to HWbot upon request
• All benchmark scores must be validated & confirmed by HWBOT
• Basic contest rules will follow that of the HWbot’s Standard Competition Rules
• Galax staff are not allowed to join this competition

Hardware Restrictions

• Galax HOF OC Lab Edition 2080ti, single card only
• Galax HOF OC Lab Edition DDR4 4600 CL 19 only
• Intel Z370, Z270 or Z170 Platform only
• CPU Intel 8086K or below
• CPU and Uncore Freq. will be limited to 6GHz +/-10MHz
• No limits on VGA /System Memory clocks
• No limits on VGA or Memory cooling

Stage Rules

Stage 1: SuperPI 32m

• CPU & Uncore clock at 6Ghz, +/- 10Mhz only

Stage 2: Memory Frequency

• No limits on CPU Frequency/GPU Clocks/Number of CPU cores/threads

Stage 3: GPUPI-1B

• No limits on GPU/Memory frequency or number of CPU cores/threads. CPU and Uncore Freq. will be limited to 6GHz +/-10MHz

Stage 4: TimeSpy Extreme

• Full run required
• No limits on GPU/Memory frequency or number of CPU cores/threads. CPU and Uncore Freq. will be limited to 6Ghz +/-10MHz

Stage 5: TimeSpy

• Full run required
• No limits on GPU/Memory frequency or number of CPU cores/threads. CPU and Uncore Freq. will be limited to 6GHz +/-10MHz

In case of an overall tie 3DMark Time spy is the tie-breaker, followed by Memory Frequency